Mischievous reindeer Twinklestar has bolted - leaving his Christmas
caravan to fall from the sky! Luckily the extraordinary passengers
- Niklas, a real-life Santa Claus, two angels and assorted elves
- crash-land in a friendly neighbourhood where two children
called Ben and Charlotte come to their rescue.
But they're still in terrible danger. On their trail are Gerold Goblynch
and his motor-sledge-riding bad Santas, a treacherous bunch
from Yule Land, who will stop at nothing to steal Christmas!
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Cornelia Funke is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy and a whole host of popular children's novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, Cornelia initially worked as an illustrator but soon began writing her own stories. Cornelia lives with her family in LA.
More about Cornelia FunkePaul Howard studied a Graphic Design course that specialised in illustration, and worked at the Natural History Museum before becoming a full-time illustrator. Amongst other books, he illustrated the enormously popular The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark and wrote and illustrated Bugville (both published by Egmont). This is Paul's second book for Bloomsbury,
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